YOLO Simulator 2014 by EncryptedCow

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made by EncryptedCow for LD28 (COMPO)
YOLO Simulator 2014 is a game where you must find a balance between work and living life. Different actions will affect your Money, Health, and Happiness in different ways. If your health or happiness reaches 0, you will die a premature death. If you manage to keep balance, you will live to a nice age and die happily.

Controls:
- Mouse to click buttons
- R to reset at any time

I used Construct 2 for the engine, and Paint.NET for graphics. Enjoy :D

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1141
Overall 2.41 922
Fun 2.27 872
Graphics 1.91 934
Humor 3.00 219
Innovation 2.64 668
Mood 1.87 909
Theme 2.86 498

Feedback

dementor561
16. Dec 2013 · 22:19 UTC
lol awesome
multikorv
16. Dec 2013 · 22:20 UTC
Haha, nice idea!
Arkazon
16. Dec 2013 · 22:21 UTC
I died of natural causes at 95, not a bad innings!

Interesting concept, not quite sure where the theme comes into it.
David Colson
16. Dec 2013 · 22:25 UTC
Really original Idea, the game is a bit too easy though.
rnlf
16. Dec 2013 · 22:25 UTC
Nice idea, but the game is a bit easy. I died of natural causes on the second try. Also, I don't think work increases you health. You might want to add "Work out" or something, costs money and happiness but adds health. Also, work should reduce health.

Had fun though.
Static_boy123
17. Dec 2013 · 02:55 UTC
It was fun, but the theme didn't work very well with it. Thanks for the game Obama-Definitely not a potato
BlazingFanfish
17. Dec 2013 · 05:50 UTC
The game was rather easy. Add more choices to complex things up :)
Atmospherium
17. Dec 2013 · 18:01 UTC
Yeah, I finally died of natural causes! But seriously, this turned out pretty good. Great take on the theme, and I really like the graphics you added. Good work!
Mekuri
18. Dec 2013 · 22:45 UTC
I died of natural causes at 109.
The idea is decent, I had hoped for small mini games for each action though, essentially this was just button clicking and managing the numbers. Apart from all that I liked the idea of simulating life like that, but a bit more gameplay would've been nice! :-)
ryann
20. Dec 2013 · 06:30 UTC
I died of natural causes at 105 years old. Good work finishing but it just needs more options to start to be interesting.
arrogant.gamer
20. Dec 2013 · 21:19 UTC
This game is jam-packed with bias! I lived to a ripe old age of 105 by alternating between "good YOLO" and "work". The question is: who decides what YOLO is good, and what YOLO is bad? For example, I think a lot of positive societal good came from some of the YOLO in the 1960, which your game would probably have considered "bad YOLO" (just based on the wealth differential). Game would be more mechanically interesting if it took a more neutral stance, and offered more shades of grey.

Long live cow-clicker!
DDRKirby(ISQ)
23. Dec 2013 · 10:13 UTC
^ what he said
ratboy2713
01. Jan 2014 · 17:20 UTC
I committed suicide at age 50. I really don't know what that says about me.